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Uta Ibrahimi

Flutura Ibrahimi better known as Uta Ibrahimi (born 27 November 1983, Gjilan) is an Albanian alpinist from Kosovo.

Uta Ibrahimi
Ibrahimi in 2017, in Mount Everest
Personal information
Full nameFlutura Ibrahimi
Main disciplineMountaineering
Born27 November 1983
Gjilan, Kosovo
NationalityKosovar, Albanian

She is the first Albanian woman to climb Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world.[1][2][3]

After Mount Everest (22 May 2017), she has climbed Manasulu (8,163m),[4] Cho-Oyu (8201m),[5] Lhotse (8516m),[6] Gasherburum (8080m),[7] Annapurna 1 (8091m),[8] Makalu (8485m),[9] Kanchenjunga (8586m),[10] Nanga Parbat (8125m),[11] Broad Peak (8047m) [12] and K2 (8611m) [13] thus making her officially the first woman from the Balkans to summit 11X8000 meters peaks.[14][15][1]

Following her success, Uta Ibrahimi has been featured by many local and international media.[16][17][18][19]

Through her alpinism activities, and media appearances, Uta seeks to raise awareness about nature, the mountains, and human rights particularly in Kosovo and Albania.[20]

Uta is also a Sustainable Development Goals Champion, promoting gender equality, youth empowerment and environmental preservation.[21]

Biography edit

Uta Ibrahimi was born in the city of Gjilan, Republic of Kosovo. "Kosovo wasn't an easy place to grow up during the war," says Ibrahimi.[22] She graduated from the Faculty of Economics, at the University of Prishtina, where she studied Marketing.

She began her career as a marketing assistant at Iliria University, to continue her work as an expert in marketing in various private companies. Uta has worked as the Director of Ogilvy Karrota marketing agency.[23] Besides her work in marketing, developing marketing campaigns for major business clients, she also worked on human rights-based social projects. Uta has also worked a marketing manager, jury member, and event organizer for DokuFest, a documentary film festival.[24][25] In 2015 she left her career in marketing, to dedicate her energy to her passion for climbing.

In 2016, she founded Butterfly Outdoor Adventures Company, with the aim to promote culture and tourism in Kosova.[26] Butterfly Outdoor Adventures was part of the project ‘Via Dinarica’ a USAID founded project that stabilized a mega trail from Kosovo to Slovenia and vice versa, and it is an ongoing platform that promotes and develops responsible tourism across the Western Balkans.[27][28]


In 2019, Uta establishes the "Utalaya Foundation", whose mission is to raise a new generation of young mountaineers, who will love and protect the mountains. The Foundation's core activities are focused on sports, mountaineering, and raising awareness on protecting the environment, especially targeting young girls from disadvantaged rural communities. It has partnered up with many local and international organizations, and continues to expand its project portfolio every year.[29]

Climbing career edit

Summits edit

  1. Musala 2,925m (Bulgaria),[30][31]
  2. Mount Olympus 2,918m (Greece),
  3. Erciyes 3,916m (Turkey), winter expedition,
  4. Mount Hasan 3,200m (Turkey), winter expedition,
  5. Emler 3,500m (Turkey), winter expedition,
  6. Mont Blanc 4,880m (France), winter expedition,[32]
  7. Mount Rainier 4,392m Cautz Route (USA),
  8. Yalung Peak 5,700m - winter expedition,
  9. Nurbu Peak 5,800m, New Route - winter expedition,
  10. Ramdung Peak 5,925m- winter expedition,
  11. Labuche East 6,119 (climbed 3 times),
  12. Island 6,189m,
  13. Ama Dablam 6,812m [33]
  14. Triglav 2,553m, winter expedition.[34]
  15. Mönch Peak 4,107 / winter expedition [35]

During this period of time, the idea of climbing fourteen highest peaks in the world was born.

Eight-thousander Expedition edit

‘Utalaya-14 highest peaks in the World’[36][37] began upon her arrival from the Everest, in 2017.[38]

She has climbed:

  1. Everest (8,848m),[39]
  2. Manasulu (8,163m),[40]
  3. Cho-Oyu (8,201m),[41]
  4. Lhotse (8,516m),[42]
  5. Gasherburum (8,080m).[43]
  6. Annapurna 1 (8091m) [8]
  7. Makalu (8485m) [9]
  8. Dhaulagiri (8167m) [10]
  9. Nanga Parbat (8125m) [11]
  10. Broad Peak (8047m) [12]
  11. K2 (8611m) [13]

thus officially making her the first woman from the Balkans to summit 7X8000 meters peaks.

She was also part of the ‘National Geographic Team’ to summit Lhotse South Face in 2019 – reaching 7.800m.[44]

Mountains Climbed edit

Noted summits Uta has climbed
Year Summits Country Continent Elevation m
2014 Musala Bulgaria Europe 2,925
2014 Mount Olympus Greece Europe 2,918
2016 Erciyes Turkey Europe 3,916
2016 Mount Hasan Turkey Europe 3,200
2016 Aladaglar Turkey Europe 3,599
2016 Emler Turkey Europe 3,500
2015 Mont Blanc France Europe 4,880
2018 Mount Rainier Seattle USA 4392
2016 Yalung Peak Nepal Asia 5,700
2016 Nurbu Peak Nepal Asia 5,800
2016 Ramdung Peak Nepal Asia 5,925
2017 Labuche East Nepal Asia 6,119
2018 Island Nepal Asia 6,189
2018 Ama Dablam Nepal Asia 6812
March 2016 Triglav Slovenia Europe 2,864
2017 Mönch Peak Switzerland Europe 4,107
22 May 2017 Mount Everest Nepal Asia 8,848
26 September 2017 Manaslu Nepal Asia 8,163
28 September 2018 Cho-Oyu Nepal Asia 8,201
25 May 2018 Lhotse Nepal Asia 8,516
14 July 2019 Gasherbrum I Nepal Asia 8,080
17 April 2021 Annapurna 1 Nepal Asia 8,091
14 May 2022 Makalu Nepal Asia 8,485
18 May 2023 Kangchenjunga Nepal Asia 8,586
2 July 2023 Nanga Parbat Pakistan Asia 8125
23 July 2023 Broad Peak Pakistan Asia 8047
27 July 2023 K2 Pakistan Asia 8611

Popular Recognition edit

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Champion

In 2018 Uta was formally announced an SDG Champion and an influencer, involved with the United Nations Kosovo Team, promoting Environmental and Gender Equality and Youth Empowerment. She has been involved in the implementation and the development of projects that promote SDG3 - Gender Equality and SDG5 - Climate Action.[45]

In addition to this, she is the first and the only Athlete in Kosovo that organizes hiking trips and outdoor adventures with children with Autism. As an influencer, she has been part of public campaigns, and talks, such as TedEx Albania;[46] Bar Camp Prishtina;[47] a Jury Member for Green Documentaries at DokuFest KS; World Clean Up Day Campaign Face of the Campaign[48] - which in fact is one of the most recognized campaigns in the World - and Kosova has joined them only recently and is now a leader Country.[citation needed]

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